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Harvard’s books on skin: reporting results at the Hofer Lecture

April 15, 2016by prince63 Leave a comment

Almost a year to the day, it was a pleasure to return to the Houghton Library at Harvard University to give the Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture entitled ‘Printing, Parchment, […]

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Aldus and Dante: prodigal and counterfeit parchments

April 11, 2016by prince63 Leave a comment

One of the highlights of the last week in New York has been the opportunity to renew acquaintance with Spencer’s parchment copy of the 1502 Aldine editio princeps of Dante’s […]

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J. Pierpoint Morgan’s precious printed parchment books

April 8, 2016by prince63 Leave a comment

Thanks to Maria Fredericks and colleagues at the Thaw Conservation Centre, and in conjunction with printed book curator John McQuillen, we spent the best part of a day collecting data […]

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Talking skins at the Morgan

April 6, 2016by prince63 Leave a comment

It is great to be back on the East coast for what seems to be becoming an annual Easter trip. We first visited the Morgan in April 2014 on the […]

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Rylands Aldines return to Venice for exhibition

March 29, 2016by prince63 1 Comment

We were delighted to be able to contribute a number of Aldines from the Rylands collection to the recently opened  exhibition ‘Aldo Manuzio: il rinascimento di Venezia’ hosted at the […]

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Parchment, peptides, and pocket bibles: first published results

March 11, 2016by prince63 2 Comments

In November the first fruits of the Books and Beasts collective appeared in print in an article published in the leading scientific journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of […]

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Manutius in Monte: manufacturing Manchester Aldines

February 12, 2016by prince63 Leave a comment

As we look back at all the events which took place over the 500th Aldus anniversary year, probably the most enjoyable and specifically Mancunian experience, which drew on all the […]

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  • Harvard’s books on skin: reporting results at the Hofer Lecture
  • Aldus and Dante: prodigal and counterfeit parchments
  • J. Pierpoint Morgan’s precious printed parchment books
  • Talking skins at the Morgan
  • Rylands Aldines return to Venice for exhibition
  • Parchment, peptides, and pocket bibles: first published results
  • Manutius in Monte: manufacturing Manchester Aldines
  • Aldus in Dublin: well ‘Worth’ the trip
  • Sampling at the Fitz
  • Beasts at the British Academy
  • B&B at the BA
  • 15c BOOKTRADE team come to Rylands
  • Italian Ambassador visits Manutius in Manchester
  • Manutius at the Morgan
  • Books, Beasts and Bracelets
  • Manutius in Manhattan
  • Harvard’s Parchment Holdings at the Houghton
  • Aldus in Japan
  • Merchants of Print: Curator tour Friday 13th March
  • Marco Polo’s family parchments
  • Aldus Manutius and the Making of the Myth: conference report
  • Celebrations in Venice
  • Merchants of Print: Curator tour Thursday 19th February
  • Merchants of Print: Manutius is in the house
  • Make a copy of a Fountainebleau Aldine in Italy Summer 2015
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